Coptic Christology in Practice: Incarnation and Divine Participation in Late Antique and Medieval Egypt

An investigation into the reception of Alexandrian Greek theology in Coptic and Copto-Arabic linguistic settings.Drawing on the insights of ritual and performance theory, I seek to elucidate the ways that Egyptian Christians haveunderstood and enacted participation in Christ's incarnation. Case studies include monastic literature, eucharisticliturgies, pilgrimage and the cult of the saints, visual encounters with church art and architecture, and the apologeticcontext of debate in Christian-Muslim encounter.